空鐘

Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell
trad. (空鐘)		空	鐘
simp. (空钟)		空	钟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kōngzhōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥ ㄓㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ zung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kōngzhōng → kōngzhong (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥ ㄓㄨㄥ → ㄎㄨㄥ ˙ㄓㄨㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kongjho̊ng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-chung⁵
    • Yale: kūng-jung
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kong.jong
    • Palladius: кунчжун (kunčžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/ → /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ɖ͡ʐ̥ʊŋ²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung¹ zung¹
    • Yale: hūng jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

空鐘

1. diabolo; Chinese yo-yo

Synonyms

• 空竹 (kōngzhú)
• 扯鈴／扯铃 (chělíng)